Automobile wheel



E. DEISTER.

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR 25, 1921 Pmtentad 00$ 17 31922,

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BY fw Z1 )aLq A TTORNEY E. DEISTER.

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED APRZS. I921.

1,432,54m, Patented (m. 17,1922,

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BY QM 70 ALE! ATTORNEY Oil amete-a. ra-re aa I UNHTED STA enrearners...-

Elilllk DEIQEEE, 40E FUET WAYNE, INDIANA.

AUEQEZQEILE WHEEL.

. Application filed April-25, 1921. serial Ito. 464,489.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that 1, Earn. Dars'rnn, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of llndiana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile Wheels, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to wheels for automobiles and trucks. Heretoforenumerous attempts have been made to eliminate pneumatic tires by!supporting the wheel rim on the wheel hubby springs of various forms andconstructions. The object of my invention is to provide a wheel of novelconstruction which has a high degree of elasticity and resiliencythroughout and having great durability and in which the pneumatic tireand all resilient springs are eliminated.

In the accompanying drawings I illustrated the invention in which-Figure 1 is a fractional view in elevation of a wheel constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2 a cross-sectional view on line 22of Figure 1; Fig. 3 an elevational. view of the wheel-partly broken awayand having the tire removed; Fig. 4 an elevational new of the tire Fig.5 a fractional vertical sectional view of a modified form of the Wheel;Fig. 6 a fractional sectional view of another modified form of thewheel, and Fig. 7 a central cross-sectional view of another form of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings, 10 is the hub of suitable form or of anysuitable construction, having the annular flanges 11 and 12 at theopposite ends thereof. wheel is formed of suitable elastic material suchas rubber or rubber and fabric vulcanized together. Grooves 14 areformed have in the periphery of the rim at suitable in-' tervals and areadapted to receive the bolts 15 as hereinafter explained. Plates ordisks 16 and 17 formed of rubberv or rubber and fabric and preferablyintegral with the rim 13 extend toward the opposite ends of the hub andthey are preferably corrugated to afiord stren th and resiliency. Theinner portion of t e' late 16 is apertured to receive a series '0? bolts18 which are passed through correspondiingapertures in the flange 11 andthread into a sectional ring 18. The sections of the ring will bevulcanized on the plate or disk 16 or held in place thereon bycountersunk screws inserted in the disk. The tightening of the Rim 13 ofthe- An annular or'endless web 21, preferably concentric with the rim 13is integral with the plates or disks 16 and 17 or is vulcanized to oneor both of them at a suitable point between the hub portions of theplates and the rim 13, and ribs 22 are preferably formed integral withthe web 21 and with the plates 16 and 17 'Ribs 23 connect the web 21 tothe rim 13 and are preferably integral wlth the plates 16 and 17 andwith both the rim and the web 21, or they may be vulcanized to the sameas may be best in manufacturing the wheel. The object of the severalribs is to strengthen the wheel as a whole and to prevent collapse ofthe plates or disks and to increase the resilieney of the wheel, therim, plates or disks and-the several ribs being formed preferably of thesame material. In Figs. 1 and 2 the ribs 22 and 23 are shown asradiating from the hub toward the rim, but they may be curved as shownat 35 in Fig. 5, or corrugated as shown at 36 in Fig. 6. The tire 24 maybe made in any form, the inner periphery thereof having transverse terwith the grooves 14 in the rim 13 and to receive the bolts 15.Preferably the tire is solid, and when it is assembled on the rim 13with the grooves 25 in register with the grooves 14: the rings 26 formedof elastic material such as rubber or rubber and fabric, are placed onopposite sides of the rim and tire and the bolts 15 are passed throughsuitable apertures in the rings and through the registered grooves, andthe nuts 27 on the bolts, when tightened, clamp the rings tightly onboth the rim and 'tire and secure the tire in position, the boltscooperating vviththe grooves to prevent creeping of the tire on the rim.7

It will be noted that the entire wheel, with the single exception of thehub and the transverse bolts,is formed of elastic material, which, asthe wheel is in motion, will eonioo the whee has greater resilienc thana pneumatic tired wheel and is big ly useful for trucks and automobilesand entirely eliminates all springs in the wheel and all pneumatic tiredifficulties and disadvantages.

In Fi 7 I have illustrated a modification of t e wheel wherein but onecorrugated plate or disk 30 is used having a hub portion 31 secured tothe hub 10 by the bolts 18 and 19 as before described, the hub portionbeing annularly recessed at 31 to receive a sectional ring 18. A rim 32is integral with the plate or disk 30 as before and a solid tire 24 issecured to the rim as before described. Ribs 33 and 34 project laterallyfrom opposite sides of the plate or disk and are integral with the plateand also with the hub portion 31 and the rim. These ribs reinforce andstrengthen the plate and prevent buckling or collapse of the same inuse. The rim, plate or disk, the hub portion 31and the ribs are formedof elastic material as before described and the wheel has a resiliencysimilar or identical with that of the Wheel previously described andshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

What I claim is:

1. In a wheel, a hub, a rim, a plurality of non-metallic platessupporting the rim on the hub and an endles web between the the platesfor reinforcing the same.

2. In a Wheel, a hub, a rim, a plurality of resilient non-metallicplates supporting the rim on the hub and an endless web between theplates for reinforcing the plates.

3. In a wheel, a hub a rim, a plurality of elastic non-metallic platessupporting the rim on the hub and an annular web and a plurality oftransverse ribs between the plates for reinforcing the plates.

4:. In a wheel, a hub, a rim, a plurality of elastic, non-metallicplates integral with the rim-and secured to the hub and an an nular webintegral with inforcing the plates.

5. In a wheel, a hub, a rim of elastic, non-metallic material, aplurality of corrugated elastic, non-metallic members supporting the rimon the hub, an annular web integral with the members and a plurality ofribs of elastic, non-metallic material extending from the rim toward thehub for reinforcing the members.

6. In a wheel, a rim of elastic material, a pluralit of annularlycorrugated elastic, non-metal ic members integral with the rim andsecured to the hub, and an annular web and a plurality of radial ribsintegral with the members for reinforcing the members.

7. In a wheel, a hub, a rim having a plurality of transverse grooves inits periphery, a tire on the rim having a plurality of grooves in itsinner periphery adapted to register with the grooves in the rim, ringson opposite sides of the tire and rim, bolts extended through theregistering grooves and the rings for securing the tire on the rim andmeans supporting the rim on the hub.

8. In a wheel, a hub, a rim of elastic material having a plurality oftransverse grooves in its periphery, a tire on the rim having a pluralitof transverse grooves in its inner peripliery adapted to register withthe grooves in the rim, non-metallic rings on opposite sides of the rimand tire, bolts extended through the registering grooves and the ringsfor securing the tire on the rim and elastic non-metallic meanssupporting the rim on the hub.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subthe plates for rescribed my namethis 22d day of April, 1921.

EMIL DEISTER.

